Where does “tondre” come from?

tondre (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin tondere, from Latin tondēre, from Proto-Italic tondeō, from Proto-Indo-European tond-éye-ti.

Ancestry of “tondre”, step by step

tondre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vulgar Latin tondere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latintondereinflection of tondeō: ## present active...
2Latintondēre
3Proto-Italictondeō
4Proto-Indo-Europeantond-éye-ti

via Latin tondeō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintondeōto shave, shear, clip
2Proto-Indo-Europeantend-to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off
3Proto-Indo-Europeantemh₂-to stretch, string; to cut

Words derived from “tondre

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tond-éye-tiEvery word from Proto-Italic tondeōEvery word from Latin tondēre
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